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Ontario publishes an annual rent increase guideline, and it binds most older units. Units first occupied after 15 November 2018 are exempt from it, which means two identical apartments in the same neighbourhood can follow completely different rules.

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What a purchase really costs

$900,000 home in Toronto

Land transfer tax (4%)
$36,000
Lawyer, title insurance & disbursements (≈0.4%)
$3,600
Inspection & appraisal (≈0.15%)
$1,350
Cash needed at closing
$940,950

≈ +4.6% over the price. Land transfer tax is provincial and, in Toronto, charged twice — once by Ontario and once by the city. Alberta charges none at all and takes registration fees instead. The rates are banded, so the percentages here are effective rates at the sample price, not a flat levy. Foreign-buyer prohibitions and provincial surtaxes have changed more than once — read the statute in force on your closing date.

Rentals run on rules

The rent side, in three lines

  • Rent increase guidelines are provincial and annual — Ontario publishes a percentage, British Columbia publishes its own, Alberta publishes none.
  • Deposit rules differ sharply: Ontario allows last month’s rent, British Columbia allows a half-month security plus a half-month pet deposit.
  • Empty-home and speculation taxes apply in Vancouver, Toronto and across Metro Vancouver — an overseas lock-up is not a free hold.

In a condo the reserve fund study is the yield. A special assessment outranks every projection in the brochure.

Cities

Six metros, ten provincial rulebooks

Canada devolves the transaction to the province. Toronto stacks a municipal tax on the Ontario one; Alberta charges neither. The same price closes very differently in Calgary and in the 416.

The only deposit a landlord may lawfully collect is last month's rent, which must be applied to the final month and accrues interest. A damage deposit is not lawful in Ontario, whatever the listing calls it.

A landlord can recover a unit for their own or a close family member's use, but that route carries compensation and a good-faith requirement, and bad-faith use of it is penalised.

The Landlord and Tenant Board queue is long enough to be an underwriting assumption rather than a footnote. Price the time, not just the rent.

FAQ

Is my unit covered by the rent guideline?
Only if it was first occupied as a residential unit on or before 15 November 2018. Newer units are exempt, and the increase is whatever the lease and the market allow.
Can I be asked for a damage deposit?
No. Last month's rent is the only permitted deposit, plus a key deposit limited to the replacement cost.

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